Q1: How important was the publication of Mein Kampf to the development of
the Nazi Party by 1933? Explain your answer
Before coming to power in 1933, Nazi party was changed and influenced a few
times. This was due to different events and different causes, one of them being
“Mein Kampf”, however, how important was the publication of that book on
the nationalist-socialist movement?
The book “Mein Kampf” was written by Hitler when he was serving his prison
sentence in the years 1924-1925. It was then soon published after he was
freed in 1925. Hitler remained the leader of the party, although it was broken
up and everything was very different to what he remembered the world to be
in 1923. Despite great change in economic, social and political attitudes, “Mein
Kampf” brought great success to the author and his party – it was one of the
best sellers of the time. It told about Hitler’s life story, explaining some of his
ideas and setting points for further political action. This brought a lot of
attention from both within and outside of Germany to the party and the
leader. Thus increasing the support for the movement. Moreover, the book
provided with some sort of identity to the party, since it was written by the
leader himself. Therefore, this proves that the publication of the book was
important for the development of the nazi party, since it helped the party to
once again gain recognition.
Another reason, for the importance of Mein Kampf, was its further impact on
the people. Due its content – in a condensed sense it was like a more personal
summary of 25 points programme, with features of autobiography – it
appealed to many people. Two great themes of the book were the anti-
semmitism (that didn’t disappear even with great economic prosperity of
Weimar) and the national socialism. Anti-semmitism appealed to many people
in germany for many years, and jews were an easy target at the time, which
was used by the nazis in all possible ways, up to their fall in 1939. Jews were
blamed for nearly everything starting from Treaty of Versailles, to things like
daily misfortunes – and even the great depression in the 1930s (this was of
course not included in Mein Kampf due to chronology). Therefore exploration
of anti-semmitic theme was great to attract the crowd – which was achieved
by the book. Furthermore, Hitler appealed to peasant farmers who missed out
the prosperity of democratic Weimar. Instead he went into the theme of
national socialism and ideas of sharing wealth and uniting germans under one
“Aryan race” (this also overlapped with anti-jew policy). Although a lot of lower
class members were loyal supporters of communists, who also fought for
the Nazi Party by 1933? Explain your answer
Before coming to power in 1933, Nazi party was changed and influenced a few
times. This was due to different events and different causes, one of them being
“Mein Kampf”, however, how important was the publication of that book on
the nationalist-socialist movement?
The book “Mein Kampf” was written by Hitler when he was serving his prison
sentence in the years 1924-1925. It was then soon published after he was
freed in 1925. Hitler remained the leader of the party, although it was broken
up and everything was very different to what he remembered the world to be
in 1923. Despite great change in economic, social and political attitudes, “Mein
Kampf” brought great success to the author and his party – it was one of the
best sellers of the time. It told about Hitler’s life story, explaining some of his
ideas and setting points for further political action. This brought a lot of
attention from both within and outside of Germany to the party and the
leader. Thus increasing the support for the movement. Moreover, the book
provided with some sort of identity to the party, since it was written by the
leader himself. Therefore, this proves that the publication of the book was
important for the development of the nazi party, since it helped the party to
once again gain recognition.
Another reason, for the importance of Mein Kampf, was its further impact on
the people. Due its content – in a condensed sense it was like a more personal
summary of 25 points programme, with features of autobiography – it
appealed to many people. Two great themes of the book were the anti-
semmitism (that didn’t disappear even with great economic prosperity of
Weimar) and the national socialism. Anti-semmitism appealed to many people
in germany for many years, and jews were an easy target at the time, which
was used by the nazis in all possible ways, up to their fall in 1939. Jews were
blamed for nearly everything starting from Treaty of Versailles, to things like
daily misfortunes – and even the great depression in the 1930s (this was of
course not included in Mein Kampf due to chronology). Therefore exploration
of anti-semmitic theme was great to attract the crowd – which was achieved
by the book. Furthermore, Hitler appealed to peasant farmers who missed out
the prosperity of democratic Weimar. Instead he went into the theme of
national socialism and ideas of sharing wealth and uniting germans under one
“Aryan race” (this also overlapped with anti-jew policy). Although a lot of lower
class members were loyal supporters of communists, who also fought for
